Paulo Rocha
Paulo Soares da Rocha (22 December 1935 – 29 December 2012) was a Portuguese film director. Among his best-known films are A Ilha dos Amores and O Rio do Ouro. A Ilha dos Amores was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, O Desejado was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival, and O Rio do Ouro was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Festival.
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Paulo Rocha
- Name
- Paulo Rocha
- Birth Name
- Paulo Soares da Rocha
- Born
- 22 December 1935
- Birthplace
- Porto, Portugal
- Died
- 29 December 2012
- Place of death
- Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
- Education
- University of Lisbon Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Movement
- Novo Cinema Português
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Known for
- Os Verdes Anos
- Honours
- Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
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Paulo Rocha studied at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, University of Lisbon and La Fémis. The recorded working language is Portuguese. Works named in the authority record are Os Verdes Anos. Distinctions recorded are Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry.
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• Name — Paulo Rocha • Birth Name — Paulo Soares da Rocha • Born — 22 December 1935 • Birthplace — Porto, Portugal • Died — 29 December 2012 • Place of death — Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal • Education — University of Lisbon Institut des hautes études cinématographiques • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Movement — Novo Cinema Português
Filmography as director
Filmography as director
• Os Verdes Anos (1963) • Mudar de Vida (1966) • Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência (1971) • A Pousada das Chagas (1972) • A Ilha dos Amores (1982) • O Desejado (1988) • "Cinéma, de Notre Temps": Oliveira - L'Architecte (1993) • Portugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima (1993) • Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker (1995) • Camões - Tanta Guerra, Tanto Engano (1998) • O Rio do Ouro (1998) • A Raiz do Coração (2000) • As Sereias (2001) • Vanitas (2004) • Se Eu Fosse Ladrão, Roubava (2011)
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• O Cais do Olhar by José de Matos-Cruz, Portuguese Cinematheque, 1999
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- 1.Bta.bg. Portuguese director Paulo Rocha dies aged 77 - Photos - BULGARIAN NEWS AGENCY.
- 2.Festival de Cannes: A Ilha dos Amores. festival-cannes.com.
- 3.Aa. Vv. Variety Film Reviews, Volume 20. Garland Pub., 1988.
- 4.Festival de Cannes: River of Gold. festival-cannes.com.
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